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Disobedience: the Sousa Mendes Story/All the Broken Pieces
"Disobedience: The Sousa Mendes Story (Desobeir) Los Angeles Premiere Drama/France/104 minutes/2011 Directed by Joel Santoni
This remarkable true story has been described by historians as the largest rescue action by a single individual during the Holocaust. June 1940 Paris is occupied. Millions of refugees fleeing the advancing Nazi troops rush to Bordeaux, France seeking passage to safety. An anxious crowd surrounds the Consulate of Portugal, an officially neutral nation. The Portuguese Consul is a man named Aristides de Sousa Mendes. But Portugal's Prime Minister Salazar has forbidden its diplomats to open Portugal's borders to undesirables specifically Jews.Sousa Mendes jeopardizes his career and family's safety and prepares visas night and day, signing thousands of passports. It is estimated that he granted visas to as many as 10,000 Jews.www.sousamendesfoundation.org
Preceded by: All the Broken Pieces World Premiere Short/USA/8 minutes/2012 Directed by Daniella Kahane
Starring Tovah Feldshuh
All the Broken Pieces explores the relationship between a grandmother with early onset Alzheimer's and her young granddaughter.
Q&A with Kathleen Rand, daughter of Sousa Mendes visa recipient
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LocationTemple Menorah
1101 Camino Real
Redondo Bch., CA 90277
United States
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